Podocarpus witherdenensis Hill and Carpenter 1991 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill and R. J. Carpenter. 1991. Evolution of Acmopyle and Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) Foliage as Inferred from Macrofossils in South-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 4(3):449-479

Belongs to Podocarpus according to R. S. Hill and R. J. Carpenter 1991

Sister taxa: Podocarpus araucoensis, Podocarpus fildesensis, Podocarpus inopinatus, Podocarpus platyphyllum, Podocarpus sinuatus, Podocarpus stantoni, Podocarpus travisiae

Type specimen: Holotype: MMF 1201, housed in the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney., a fertile axis (Cuticle)

Distribution: found only at Vegetable Creek - Witherden's Tunnel (Eocene of Australia)

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